Abstract
Linking Land Use and Water Quality: Guiding Development Surrounding Durham County’s Drinking Watershed
By Katie Rose Levin
May 2012
Cities and Counties have an obligation to provide water to their citizens ...

The top U.S. airlines by passenger volume move a little more than half a billion passengers annually, both domestically and internationally, burning millions of gallons of fuel and releasing millions of tons of the GHG ...

Environmental justice is understood as the disproportionate distribution of environmental harms, primarily in low-income communities of color. This may also be understood as a concentration of environmental disamenities—challenges ...

In Indonesia, development of sustainable supplies of timber has failed to keep pace with industrial demand. After decades of overharvesting and clearing to bridge supply gaps, Indonesia’s forests and forest industries are ...

Sea-level rise (SLR) predicted for the Mid-Atlantic U.S. is expected to be greater than worldwide averages forecast by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007. In North Carolina, sea level is expected ...

In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their 4th assessment report which provided indisputable evidence that the world climate is warming, leading to changes in sea-level caused by two factors: ...

The process of restoring and reconstructing natural communities is complex and full of uncertainty for land managers. When the prospect of using the natural communities for education purposes is added to these challenges, ...

Consolidation of the New England groundfish fleet has been commonly cited as a potential consequence of the newly implemented catch share management system. However, the New England Fisheries Management Council has yet to ...

Environmental concerns regarding international shipping transcend national boundaries
and therefore need to be addressed through an international forum. One such forum, the
International Maritime Organization (IMO) is ...

Countries worldwide are facing freshwater challenges in both quantity and quality in meeting increased water demand. Historically, increasing water supply solved deficit problems. Today, the situation is different because ...

The Green Development Initiative (GDI) is an innovative financial mechanism to conserve biodiversity by creating an international market for its trade. The GDI would accredit management plans for “sale” by land managers ...

Human population growth and land conversion across Africa makes the future of wide-ranging carnivores uncertain. For example, the African lion (Panthera leo leo) once ranged across the entire continent – with the exception ...

Protected areas are an important part of our society. They provide ecosystem services such as climate regulation and water filtration; they secure critical habitat for wildlife, including many threatened and endangered ...

Altered patterns of temperature and precipitation associated with global climate change are expected to affect the productivity of agricultural regions around the world, with varying regional impacts. Since ideal environmental ...

Algae have long been researched as a potential source of biodiesel and biofuel because of their quick growth rate, simple inputs and ability to grow under environments unsuitable for many other plants. Using a Monte Carlo ...

CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants in the US accounted for approximately 30% of the overall national greenhouse gas emissions in 2008. Coal will continue to dominate the electric power industry in the near future. ...

The world of science communication is changing with the increased use of social media and online resources. No longer is science for science’s sake; some scientists are beginning to understand the value and necessity of ...

Population projections for the City of Raleigh, NC indicate a shortfall in long-term raw water supply requirements given current service area demands. Raleigh is proposing the development of a new reservoir to meet midterm ...